ASSESSMENT OF C.S.J.M. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS STUDENTS AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS ANALGESICS (NSAIDs)

The present study was performed with an objective to assess knowledge, awareness, frequency indication and pattern of uses and attitude towards Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) among the scholars. In this survey based qualitative research, 591 respondents from the C.S.J.M. University campus, Kanpur, were screened out during the changing weather of north India (January–February 2013) with the help of Questionnaire. All the respondents were having the experience of pain- 61.08% headache, 31.64% backache, 21.31% joint pain, 16.36% menstrual pain, 13.19% sport or exercise related pain; and as analgesic the aspirin and paracetamol with or without ibuprofen were found to be most commonly used drugs among 63.75% NSAIDs user as pain reliving remedy. 51.6% had taken drug multiple times in a day while 28.93% of them took multiple doses at a time. 53.3% of scholars were unaware about such irrational pattern and adverse effects of these NSAIDs, although they were pursuing higher studies. While 46.7% scholars, who were aware about some of the ADRs of NSAIDs were belonging to pharmacy (78.61%) and paramedical department. Educational intervention changed dramatically the attitude of participants towards the drug use, as reflected by their acceptance (87.64%) of clinical pharmacist’s services.